The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical records ...

Social media users have been sharing a picture online which they claim shows the woman who was the model for the Statue of Liberty. Most users falsely identify the woman as Isabelle Boyer-Singer.

The Statue of Liberty has a little sister, a 9-foot casting from Bartholdi's original mold. It departed Normandy by boat and arrives in New York City soon for temporary installation on Ellis Island.

The statue and a reproduction of her French sculptor’s model will stand close to each other, just as some are asking whose freedom she celebrates. By Roger Cohen PARIS — At the Museum of Arts and ...

The Statue of Liberty is an indelible symbol of freedom in every mind in America. But it’s still easy to forget the herculean effort behind its construction precisely because of that fact. Luckily, in ...